Selecting for Feed Efficient Cows Will Help to Reduce Methane Gas Emissions

In the last decade, several countries have included feed efficiency (as residual feed intake; RFI) in their breeding goal. Recent studies showed that RFI is favorably correlated with methane emissions. Thus, selecting for lower emitting animals indirectly through RFI could be a short-term strategy i...

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Main Authors: Coralia Ines Valentina Manzanilla-Pech, Rasmus Bak Stephansen, Gareth Frank Difford, Peter Løvendahl, Jan Lassen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2022.885932/full